Octavia 245 Owners Club

[shyVRS245]

10 hours ago, mumphie said:

Wow! 15.99 mpg.... 

I got 16mpg at 177mph for comparison.

[TheWanderer]

I have an excuse. I had been up since 0245.

[shyVRS245]

1 minute ago, TheWanderer said:

I have an excuse. I had been up since 0245.

Had to get up at 04:10 today to take SWMBO to Leicester Bus Station to catch the 05:05 to London, on my day off. The things we do to keep them happy.

[TheWanderer]

As a singleton I don't have that problem. I just have a problem getting up for early shift (0345 - 0630) after that the next shift starts at 0745 which I can just about deal with.

 

Today and tomorrow on at 0810 which is generally quite acceptable.

[shyVRS245]

35 minutes ago, TheWanderer said:

As a singleton I don't have that problem. I just have a problem getting up for early shift (0345 - 0630) after that the next shift starts at 0745 which I can just about deal with.

 

Today and tomorrow on at 0810 which is generally quite acceptable.

Today and tomorrow rest days which is even better!

[shyVRS245]

13 hours ago, shyVRS245 said:

Had to get up at 04:10 today to take SWMBO to Leicester Bus Station to catch the 05:05 to London, on my day off. The things we do to keep them happy.

Got home at 05:21 and averaged 49.2mpg in the wife's Karoq, incredible I thought until I left to pick her up at 16:20 and averaged 53.7mpg arriving in the centre of Leicester. Who needs a noisy, smelly diesel.

[shyVRS245]

Couple of photo's to mark passing 20,000 miles. Wife borrowed the beast so 5 miles later than planned.

[Kenai]

I think I'm nearly at 22,000 now! 

[Kenai]

Milestone reached today...

 

[mumphie]

1 hour ago, Kenai said:

Milestone reached today...

 

 

Sorry.... Not resetting your trip after a fill-up is causing me anxiety... 

[Kenai]

22 minutes ago, mumphie said:

 

Sorry.... Not resetting your trip after a fill-up is causing me anxiety... 

Why would I bother doing that? The infotainment system already has a set of figures that reset automatically every refuel. 

[shyVRS245]

Must admit one of my few OCD traits is to zero the trip after every fill up. Currently at 20,218 miles having been on holiday quite a bit over the last 2 weeks. 12 months tomorrow since it had its first remap at 7,000 miles and no issues/problems whatsoever since. Still getting a consistent 40mpg and 450 miles every tank. Just 17,000 miles until 2nd service due, which has already been paid for so no big money items this year as summer tyres will go on mid April.

[Gaz]

10 hours ago, Kenai said:

Why would I bother doing that?

 

Because our mojo would love you so much more if you did.

 

It's a bit like munchausen syndrome.  Those of us who keep missing these important numbers wish to bestow the illness on you, so that we get to bask in the glory of the numbers through you (and others).

 

And you're still in with a chance of 23,456 and 789.0 - we want you to succeed, we want you to flourish, we want you to join us.  Behold!, Fubar's thread of the Odo:

 

 

[old newbie2]

21 hours ago, Kenai said:

Why would I bother doing that? The infotainment system already has a set of figures that reset automatically every refuel. 

Because I then know how many miles since from the last refuel without have to rummage around in an infotainment system.......

 

(Yes, I don't have a posh infotainment in my ancient Superb, but our Golf's are a bit younger & if I can find a decently equipped vRS 

I might own an up-to-date Skoda....) 

[singaporeVrs245]

in hot humid Singapore, VW singapore imported the car with heated seats only. i was wondering if it is possible to disable the heaters and just get the fans going, so i can get some cool ventilated seats

 

possible to rosstech/vagcom to disable the heaters or a physical method?

 

 

Edited 15 March, 2019 by singaporeVrs245

[juan27]

11 hours ago, singaporeVrs245 said:

in hot humid Singapore, VW singapore imported the car with heated seats only. i was wondering if it is possible to disable the heaters and just get the fans going, so i can get some cool ventilated seats

 

possible to rosstech/vagcom to disable the heaters or a physical method?

 

 

 

Are there fans in the seats? If so I've never heard then running when the heated seats are on.

[SC03OTT]

Yeah, I don’t think that’s a thing. It’s just heating elements. No fans. 

[shyVRS245]

So thought I would share some stats on 245 ownership for anyone contemplating taking the plunge. Over the first 18 months and 19,952 miles I have spent £2,833.71 on fuel (always Shell V-Power), which is 2,291.96 litres or 504.17 gallons at overall average of 39.57mpg. Stage 1 map came on 12/03/2018 at around 7,000 miles and Stage 2 mods at around 14,500 miles for comparison.

August 2017  1106 miles  127.80 litres  28.11 gallons at 39.35mpg.

Sept      2017   790 miles     80.77 litres  17.77 gallons at 44.46mpg.

Oct        2017 1194 miles   104.44 litres  30.89 gallons at 38.65mpg.

Nov       2017  745 miles      89.47 litres  19.68 gallons at 37.86mpg.

Dec       2017 1226 miles   137.14 litres  30.17 gallons at 40.64mpg.

Jan        2018   592 miles     82.55 litres   18.16 gallons at 32.60mpg. (Lowest)

Feb       2018   990 miles   109.04 litres   23.99 gallons at 41.27mpg.

Mar      2018  1016 miles   113.83 litres  25.04 gallons at 40.58mpg.

Apr       2018  1002 miles   127.32 litres  28.00 gallons at 35.77mpg.

May      2018   971 miles    112.25 litres  24.69 gallons at 39.33mpg.

Jun        2018   364 miles      44.45 litres    9.78 gallons at 37.22mpg.

Jul         2018  1263 miles   140.00 litres  30.80 gallons at 41.01mpg.

Aug      2018  1205 miles   124.51 litres   27.39 gallons at 43.99mpg. (Highest)

Sep      2018    893 miles     95.93 litres    21.10 gallons at 42.32mpg.

Oct      2018   1954 miles   220.38 litres   48.48 gallons at 40.31mpg.

Nov     2018   1588 miles   184.20 litres   40.52 gallons at 39.19mpg.

Dec     2018    1128 miles   135.17 litres  29.73 gallons at 37.94mpg.

Jan      2019      775 miles     90.43 litres   19.89 gallons at 38.96mpg.

Feb     2019     1169 miles  136.28 litres   29.98 gallons at 38.99mpg.

Finally I would like to point out that over the first 12,500 miles I used the standard 19" Extreme alloys with P Zero 225/35 tyres, then wider 8.5J x 19" alloys with Michelin PS4S 235/35 tyres upto 16,700 miles and now on 7.5J x 18" alloys with P zero 225/40 tyres.

[tonyhan]

At last!  It arrived - 8 miles on the clock on collection, 150 now - mostly motorway so limited fun - but I'm liking very much so far!

 

I'm bound to have questions soon....

 

 

[Brackett]

Looks lovely. How long have you been waiting since ordering?

[tonyhan]

3 minutes ago, Brackett said:

Looks lovely. How long have you been waiting since ordering?

Thanks.  I ordered early Jan so not too long really.

[flash222004]

Finally arrived last week after ordering start of Dec! Really happy with it, was a bit anxious as after test driving about 10 other vehicles i decided to go for the Octavia without ever having been in one!  

DSG

Blind Spot Monitor

Front Assist

Electric Folding Mirrors

HBA

 

 

Edited 21 March, 2019 by flash222004

[Scotty72]

Nice to see more new 2019 vRS' on here 

[mumphie]

Wheels all look small.... 

[shyVRS245]

20 minutes ago, mumphie said:

Wheels all look small.... 

Cheeky. Talking alloys going to put my 8.5J x 19" Monsters on this week as forecast is dry and lighter evenings by next weekend so I might actually be able to see them when I finish work.